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Savings and Credits Cooperative Societies (Saccos) in Embu County have enhanced publicity programmes to expand their customer base among the youthful digitally suave potential investors while retaining the traditional clientele of the elderly. Despite the high adoption of technology to ensure various services are easily accessible to the customers, the Saccos have not abandoned the…
Bee farmers in Embu county are championing for the creation of a Sacco to streamline the production and marketing of honey and products of bee keeping. Catherine Ruguru Nyagah, the coordinator of the farmers in Embu county, said the formation of a Sacco to deal with bee farming is now in the final stages and…
Machakos County Deputy governor Francis Mwangangi has revealed that the county government will continue mobilizing resources from various development partners in order to boost the growth of cooperatives which are vehicles for accelerated sustainable development. Speaking during the101st International Day of Cooperatives celebrations held at Kenyatta Stadium, the deputy governor, who represented Governor Wavinya Ndeti,…
From struggling to join a Sacco to leading one of the biggest in the country, it has been long journey for Robert Kithanju. When he applied to join the Embu Teachers Sacco in 1990, he had to wait for long before his application was accepted. Three decades later, he is the leader of the very…
More than 1,800 youth in Meru and Tharaka Nithi counties have received startup capital and kits worth Ksh60 million in a business incubation programme by Zoe Empowers that targets orphaned and vulnerable youths. Zoe Empowers is a non-governmental organisation that supports child headed families and orphans through business and vocational skills training. Speaking while issuing…
Young traders in Embu County have been challenged to form or join Saccos to qualify and access loans to enable them upgrade to become entrepreneurs. Embu County Director of Cooperatives David Muriuki cautioned the traders against underestimating the financial resources they mobilized daily, further urging them to save at least Ksh20 daily. “Saving in Saccos…
Driven by a passion in dairy farming and a clear vision on the future he desired, Samuel Kariuki used his meager savings to buy a cow. For the farmer from Runyenjes area of Embu County, that cow was a disappointment as it was a low yielding breed that could hardly produce five litres in a…
Yetu Sacco Society has opened a new branch in Chuka town, Tharaka Nithi County in a bid to reach out to more members. Sacco Chairman Mark Gitonga assured members that their money is safe and advised them to apply for loans, stressing that the frequency of getting the loan will be determined by the rate…
Farmers in various cooperative societies across Machakos County stand to gain following the huge allocation for the agriculture sector in the county’s Ksh14.75 billion 2023/2024 budget proposal. County Finance Executive Committee Member Onesmus Kuyu said agriculture was allocated Ksh904 million to enable farmers access affordable agricultural inputs, add value to their produce and enhance marketing…
Rose Wambua, a former senior banker at the Cooperative Bank of Kenya, has advised livestock farmers to have farm insurance covers for their cattle. Wambua said the move ensures farmers who lose their animals due to drought receive compensation to either allow them to restock faster or invest in other productive activities. “Livestock insurance aims…
